The weather forecast for tomorrow is cloudy, with the chance of rain and increasing winds - there is a slight chance of thunder storms. However the weather will improve over the weekend and by Monday should be normal Dubai weather of blue skies and low winds.

This evening at the technical meeting when it was announced that the preferred alternative accuracy drop zone will be the one on the beach, about 4 km further down the coast. The style draw was then made: jump 1 \"1\"; jump 2 \"2\"; jump 3 \"4\" and jump 4 \"5\" with jump 5 \"free\".

We hope to have a schedule to post in the morning - 8.00 a.m. start.

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16.30. All but one team have jumped to complete the first round of 4-way Open, but round of one of 4-way Female, 8-way and VFS have completed and one round of Accuracy has also been completed - follow the reslts button on the front page to see the results.

At 15.30 there was a Press Conference to announce the formation of the Dubai Parachuting Federation, thanking HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — Crown Prince of Dubai for his overwhelming support of the sport and giving Dubai the opportunity to promote and advance the sport of parachuting, particularly for the young people. The new federation will be formally inaugerated with officers etc. during the Mondial, with the Head Office based close to Skydive Dubai and will work in conjunction with the FAI to see how they may work together for the benefit of parachuting internationally.

A question was asked about the opening ceremony, scheduled to take place from 7.00 am tomorrow evening. We have had hints of what we will see by the light shows we have been able to observe from our hotels during the evenings as they prepared the arena. However, if you want to know more then click here for the programme.

At the moment jumping is scheduled to start at 8.00 am in the morning through to 15.00 hrs - but once we have more information we will post it on this site.

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Accuracy and Formation Skydiving are happening and the results are appearing on this website as they are judged (FS) - the accuracy will be posted at the end of the round, which will take some time with over 300 competitors! The Drop Zone is really buzzing with the excitement of the start - the organisation has switched up a gear.

Press Meeting at 15.00 hrs

8.00 am. 29 November 2011

The Jury gave the OK to start and all is set for an 11 a.m. start for all disciplines (except CP). Early morning start for the final practice jumps - wheels off at 8.00 a.m.

In case you were wondering the picture on the front is of theair conditioning units at the back of each delegations \'tent\' - inside they have fridges, flat screen TV\'s, beds ..... luxury, a home DZ will never seem quite the same again.

What a day for a birthday, one the following five people will probably remember for the rest of their lives:

Competitors' Tales

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3- The amazing most adventurous Sling Shot Show performed by professional performers.

4- Raging of Arabian horses with riders carrying torches and running across the show area

5- Two child narrators will walk towards the stage and will talk about - Flying: Abbas Ibn Firnas flying act and Leanardo Da Vinci flying inventions will be shown on screen - Arabic scientists and their inventions, at the same time some giant scientific inventions will roll down on the show area - The participation of Arabic Sailors in discovering the world. At the same time, four flying boats will appear and in one of them is Aladin

6- Aladin and princess Jasmine will dance then evil Jafar with his crapes will take them apart. The magic lamp with genie will help Aladin to save his princess

7- From the air, a flying carpet will appear where Aladin and princess Jasmine situated followed by another four flying carpets with Arabic soldiers, doing some tricky moves on air

8- A huge number of performers will fill the show area while holding lamp then it will transform into giant falcon

9- Again, the two children will talk about the evolution of the Arab countries mainly GCC, UAE and the development of Dubai, suddenly, a replicate of Burj Khalifa Tower will gradually rise-up on the show area.

10- A giant flying plane will carry the two child narrators and fly out of the show area

11- A flying guitarist will show up and will perform live on air followed by Kung Fu Act.

12- The Robot dancers will walk-in and do a choreographed and synchronized dance show

14- Number of planes designed with different participated countries flag will be formed in the show area. Followed by the athlete parade.

15- The performers will hold the giant UAE National Flag then the two giant graphic pyro will be lit and display the clear images of parachuting logo and H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The Dragon Dance will roam around the show area. All this act will be synchronize with grand finale fireworks display with background music.